Harmon Bosses Ohio Convention In Session
Dayton June 21 With Governor Harmon in control of most matters the Ohio Democratic state convention faced a split over a U S Senate endorsement and a tariff plank. The Harmon faction pressed for no endorsement while the Bryan Johnson wing sought to push an aspirant, with tensions also shaping the lieutenant governor race as William S. Thomas was chosen. Delegates numbered 1089 in Memorial hall as Harmon aides argued unity and warned endorsements could fracture the party.
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Dayton
Gov. Harmon
Wile Harmon
Harmon
Garmon
Bryan
Ohio
Thomas
William 5. Thomas
Memorial Hall
Bryan-Johnson
Indications Point to Nomination of Tener for Governor
Harrisburg dispatch reports the Republican state convention in Pennsylvania shaping a Penrose machine slate with John Tener likely nominated for governor and Charles F. Wright for state treasurer. M. E. Olmstead advances the platform backing Payne Aldrich tariff Taft administration and Gov. Stuart. Lieut Gov Murray remains in contention though tally support appears weak.
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Tener
Harrisburg
Magee
Pittsburg
Knox
Boles Penrose
John IK. Tener
Charleroi
Charles F. Wright
M. E. Olmstead
Taft
Stuart
Murray
Penrose
Lewer
Republicans In Convention Vote On Plank In Minnesota
Minnesota Republicans open their state convention with debates over key offices including governor and state treasurer. Senator Moses E. Clapp is expected to be endorsed for re election while Governor Wilberhardt may be nominated by acclamation. A county option plank will be voted on by the resolutions committee amid talks on Taft and tariff.
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Paul
Minn
Supreme Court
Moses E. Clapp
Wberhardt
Resolutions Committee
Man says water boiled his head in court tale
Fort Wayne, June 21 special to The Sun. Jack Welch testified in court that extreme heat made him drink so much water that it went to his head. He claimed the heat was worsened by just one drink of whisky.
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Fort Wayne
Ind
Jack Welch
Burglars Get $10 and Car Tickets From Homes
Burglars broke in by cutting screens at C C Conwald 1361 Oliver avenue and George Miller 1072 W Twenty eighth street Monday. They took $10 from a purse on the dining room table at Conwald and ten street car tickets plus a nickel at Miller's residence.
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C. C. Conwald
Oliver Avenue
George Miller
W. Twenty-eighth Street
Conwald
Miller's
Roosevelt First Boomer Received at Oyster Bay
H. M. Hobson secretary of the Hamilton club of Chicago visited Col. Theodore Roosevelt at Sagamore Hill, arranging a meeting for Wednesday with a committee to invite Roosevelt as guest at the national conservation congress in St Paul. Roosevelt refused callers without appointments and planned to return to New York for Outlook duties, while Gen. Luke Wright arrived by noon train for a friendly chat.
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Oyster Bay
N. Y
H. M. Hobson
Hamilton Club
Chicago
Sagamore Hill
Roosevelt
National Conservation Congress
St. Paul
Col. Roosevelt
New York
Outlook
Luke EB. Wright
The
Philippines
Trunk opens reveal body linked to Oregon case
Portland reports the trunk murder case ends with the discovery of a body at Union Station. A. C. Powers alias J F Webb and Mrs William Johnson were arrested after police traced the trunk from Grand Central hotel to a Seattle registered family. Bloodstains and two watches tied to the husband, with two bloodstained handkerchiefs in Webb's possession, mark the discovery. The couple and their young daughter had been staying at the hotel from Seattle.
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Portland
Ore
A. C. Powers
J. F. Webb
William Johson
Union Station
Webb
Grand Central Hotel
Johnson
Seattle
Nome
Alaska
North Puyallup, Wash
Woman slain at Grand Union hotel over jewelry
Police identified a dead woman found at the Grand Union hotel as Mrs. M. A. Haynes of Bridgeport Conn. Her son Henry Haynes arrived from Bridgeport and said she carried about 25 000 dollars in jewelry when she left home. No trace of the jewels has been found.
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New York
Grand Union Hotel
M. A. Haynes
Bridgeport
Conn
Henry Haynes
Fire Threatens South Side Saloon on Meridian Street
A defective rear flue at Louis Burkhart's South Side Saloon at 4018 Meridian Street caused a fire around 10 30 Tuesday morning. Dry shingles fueled the blaze, nearly destroying the roof. estimated loss not to exceed 5000 dollars.
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Louis Burkhart
Meridian Street
Teddy and Taft to Meet This Week in Beverly
President Taft may be in Beverly Massachusetts on June 23 at his summer home when Theodore Roosevelt arrives to visit his daughter Mrs Nicholas Longworth. The world awaits what Roosevelt will say after 15 months apart and the first meeting since Taft’s inauguration. Taft’s routing changes may affect plans to meet Roosevelt as he stays in Washington awaiting the postal savings bank bill’s passage.
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Taft
Beverly
Mass
Theodore Roosevelt
Nicholas Longworth
Hunter
New Haven
Col. Roosevelt
Washington
Postal Savings Bank
Beverly, Mass
President Taft
Tafts Dancer Raised Over Postal Savings Decision
Taft's Dancer is raised over postal savings. Taft's Dancer decides to stay on job. His son Robert will graduate at Yale without the president being there.
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Taft
Robert
Yale
Congress Passes Bill in Noisy Night Session
A bill was enacted under suspension of the rules with no opportunity for amendment. It was debated as a whole amid loud rejoicing while opponents faced derision and mocking applause as the chamber marked an unusually active night session.
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Congress
Ballinger May Have To Quit Ballinger May Have To Quit
Los Angeles June 21 G Spalding head of a Chicago sporting goods house for years a San Diego resident has been formally urged by San Diego businessmen to accept the nomination to succeed Frank P Flint in the United States senate. Edwin A Meserve of this city announced his candidacy with Flint’s support following a report that he would succeed Ballinger as secretary of the interior within a month.
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Los Angeles
G. Spalding
Sportieg Goods House
Chicago
San Diego
Frank P. Flint
United States Senate
Fidwin A. Meserve
Flint
Ballinger
Interior
Auto Crash Hurts Two. Doctors Falsify Identities
A car crashed into a tree at Highland avenue and Michigan street injuring Dr. John Q. Davis and Richard Brainridge. Both men were taken to city hospital where they admitted false names, later exposed by locals who found a card in Davis's pocket. The car was demolished and witnesses noted a lighted horn in a bus trash bin.
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John Q. Davis
Ohio Street
Richard Brainridge
Fourteenth Street
Highland Avenue
Michigan Street
Davis
Oscar Hyde
Branridge
Floyd Royster
Highland and
Sturm Avenues
City Dispensary
City Hospital
J. C. Flint
W. A. Wilson
South
Ilinois Street
Simon and
Glenn
Dr. Davis
Taft Wins Credit Split Over Rail Reform Battle
Washington June 21. Republicans claim credit for the railroad measure while Democrats and insurgents say the victory is theirs. Progressives dispute credits to the president and note changes pushed by insurgents and the railroads. The tariff board powers and other conservation measures also fuel a split in acclaim among factions.
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Washington
Taft
Afonday
la Follette
Commerce Court
Tariff Board
Mexican unrest spikes as Diaz orders possible Madero deportation
Frontier towns along the Texas border report widespread arrests of alleged enemies of the government. Lib eral candidate Francisco I Madero, jailed at Monterey, is feared to trigger uprisings as agitators in the United States distribute inflammatory literature. Troops stand ready and arms are seized at Cananea Narco and other border posts while smugglers face crackdown, authorities guard Naco and the Mexican consul, and the customs house money crosses to the border.
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EL Paso
Tex
Mexico
Diaz
Francisco I. Madero
Monterey
Madero
United States
Pells
Cananea
Narco
Republic
Naco
Sonora
Revolutionista
Ariz
Custom House
Appropriations Largest in History of Nation
Washington June 21 The appropriations made by congress at this session are the largest in the history of the country totaling 1 080 000 000 dollars compared with 1 044 000 000 dollars last year.
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Washington
Congress
Taft Cancels Yale Graduation Trip As Senate Fight Brews
President Taft, astonished by a Senate derailment risk on the house postal savings bank bill, cancels a trip to New Haven to witness Robert Taft's Yale graduation. He vows to remain in Washington all summer if needed to push the bill through and rejects any Senate amendments. He denounces anti administration senators and rebels among regular Republicans over the measure.
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New Haven
Robert
Yale University
House Postal Savings Bank
Senate
Omnibus Bill Passed After Midnight in House Vote
Washington June 21 with only five votes in opposition the house passed the omnibus public buildings bill at 12 55 am authorizing nearly 20 million dollars in expenditure. The action followed a long session and moved the measure toward final approval.
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House
Washington
Vote to Be Taken Next Saturday on Ballinger Probe
Washington June 21 The Ballinger congressional investigating committee will vote next Saturday on the decision to be rendered in its probe and adjourn until late summer. The vote is 7 to 5 in favor of Ballinger with minority opinions to be written by Graham and either Sutherland or Olmstead. The seven majority and Madison will publish separate opinions before this fall’s election.
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Washington
Ballinger Congressional Investigating Committee
Ballinger
Graham
Illinois
Sutherland
Utah
Olmstead
Pennsylvania
Representative Madison
Kansas
Florence Fifer Dies After Ingesting Coal Oil
Ravenna Ohio June 21 Florence B Fifer two year old daughter of B D Fifer drank coal oil used to clean a gun at home and died shortly after at the residence Mondey.
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Ravenna
Florence
Fifer
B. D. Fifer
Mondey
Oldest Indiana University graduate dies in St Paul
William Pitt Murray aged 88, class of 1849 graduate of Indiana University, formerly in law practice with Oliver P. Morton, died Monday night in St Paul Minnesota. He was the oldest living IU graduate.
Weather forecast for Indiana and local area
Fair and continued warm conditions expected tonight and tomorrow with sun rising at 4 28 and setting in the evening. The hourly temperatures are not clearly legible but indicate mild warmth and steady conditions through the day with no precipitation noted.
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Indiana
Heat Wave Kills Three in Detroit and Drought Hurts Crops
In Minnesota and Dakota regions a severe heat wave and drought stretch across the corn and wheat belt. Since March 1 rainfall has been scant and temperatures soared to 110 degrees in Minnesota. Three died in Detroit from the heat and crops face extensive damage if heat and drought persist.
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Minneapolis
Minga
Minnesota
North
South Dakota
North Dakota
Montana
Weather Bureau
Heat Brings Tragedies in Detroit Summer Heat Wave
Detroit on Tuesday faced a blistering heat wave with temperatures above ninety and multiple deaths. Sir Dominico Fettreck died first, Caspar Creseck fell from a scaffold, Mrs. Mary Eigh died from heat induced apoplexy, Albert Schwartz drank carbolic acid, John Bankel hanged himself, William Kroscinske cut his throat, and Phillip Clem attempted self harm after a quarrel.
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Detroit
Mich
Dominico Fettreck
Caspar Creseck
Mary Eigh
Albert Schwartz
John Bankelman
William Kroscinske
Phillip Clem
Storm Hits New York With Lightning Damage
A severe thunderstorm tore through Manhattan and the Bronx on Tuesday lasting about 15 minutes. Two churches were struck, a schoolhouse damaged, and 12 people were shocked though none seriously hurt. Damage totaled about $50,000.
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New York
Gotham
Manhattan Island
Bronx
Torrid Wave Continues Its Foros at City Bu ke
CHICAGO June 21 six more persons dead Tuesday morning and 27 to date due to excessive heat mark the start of summer with an unpleasant prospect of the hot wave continuing.
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City Bu
Chicago
Denver Faces Water Famine From Warm Weather
Denver, Colorado, grapples with a looming water famine as heat grips the region. The city and parts of Colorado Wyoming and New Mexico report the hottest weather of the year, stressing supplies and urging conservation.
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Denver
Col
Colorado
Wyoming
New Mexico
Cash Register Rings Arrest Ties to Louisville Men
The dinging cash register at 112 Blake Street led to the arrest of Carl Davis, a Louisville medicine man, and John Burrough after Mrs. Virginia Goll reported seeing Burrough fleeing. Police constables tracked the pair, who were found together. Davis was noted for giving a dollar bottle free with a 23 cent bottle to promote his remedy.
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Virginia Goll
Carl Davis
Louisville
John Burrough
Kitzmiller
Barrows
Burrough
Davis
Fort Wayne faces worst blockade as tracks lifted
Ft Wayne Indiana braces for six week disruption as Pennsylvania and Wa bash railroads elevate main tracks on Sonal street a busy artery between north and south sides. Transportation plans warn traffic will be severely affected during construction and the city predicts its worst disruption in history.
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Ft, Wayne
Ind
Sonal
Pennsylvania and
Wabash
Ft. Wayne
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Hobson
Gen. Wright
W. A. Johnson
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South Side
Teddy
Spalding
Richard Branridge
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I. A. Grad
Ena Wetecatecos Beer
Dakotas
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